Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-07-09

in the northeast storm of the centuries.
Ag,lin, notice 1nrecognized and I'M
recorded services. Who spun that rope'
Who tied it to the basket? WHO steadied
the illustrious preacher rs he stepped into
is? Who relaxed not muscle of the arm
or dismissed an anxious look from his face
until the b;,skct touched the ground and
discharged its magnificent cargo5 Not
ono of their names has come to us, but
there was no work done that day i'll Da-
nascus or in all the earth compared with
the Importance Of their work. What If
they had in the agitation tied n knot that
could slip? What If the sound of the mob
Mt the door had led them to say: paul
must take care of HIMSELF and we will
take cure of ourselves?' No, mol They
held the rope, and in doing SO did more
for the Christian church than any thous-
and of us will ever accomplish. But God
knows and hns made eternal record of
their undertaking. And they know. How
eXultant they must have felt when they
read his letters to the Romans, to the
Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the
Ephesians, to the Philippians, to thu Colos-
slams, to the Thessalonians, to Timothy, to
Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews, and
when they heard how he walked out Of
prison with the earthquake unlocking the
door for him, and took command of tho
Alexandrian corn ship when the sailors
were nearly scared to death, and preached
q sermon that nearly shook Felix off his
Judgment seat. I hear the men and
women who helped him down through the
window and over the wall talking in pri-
vate over the matter, and saying: elbow
glad / am thnt we effected that rescued!
In coming times others may get the glory
of Paul's work, but no one shall rob lis of
the satisfaction of knowing that we held
the rope"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the bottom of the
ocean. The waves struck through the
skylights and rushed down into the hold
of tho ship and Kissed against the boilers
1t was IN awful time; but, by the blessing
of God and the faithfuhless of the men in
charge, we came out of the cyclone and
we arrived at home. Each one before
leaving the ship thanked Capt Andrews.
I do not think there was man
or woman that went off that
ship without thanking Capt. Andrews,
and when years after heard of his death
i was impelled to. write a letter of con-
dolence to his family in Liverpool. Ev-
erybody recognized the goodness, the cour-
age, the Kindness of Capt Andrews; but
it occurs to me now that we never thanked
the engineer He stood away down in the
darkness amid the kissing. furnaces doing
his whole duty. Nobody thanked the en-
gireer, but God recognized his heroism
aud his continuance end his fidelity, and
there will be just Us high reward for the
engineer who worked out of sight as for
the captain who stood on the bridge of the
ship in the midst of the bowling tempest
There are said to be about SO, 600 minis
tiers of religion In this country. About
90, 900 warrant came from early homes
which had to struggle for the necessaries
of life. The sons of rich, hsp ailSeSQd
@aSakanS nerall " ! =
W. The
come ministers are the sons of Rnese wf6
had terrific struggle to get their everyday
bread The collegiate and theological ed
ucation of that son took every luxury
from the parental table for eight years.
The other children were more scantily
appareled The son at college every little
while got bundle from home. In 1t
were the socks that mother had knit, sit
ting up late at night, her sight not as
good rs once it was. And there also were
some delicacies from the sisters hand for
the voracious appetite of a hungry stu
dent. The father swung the heavy cradle
through the wheat, the sweat rolling from
his chin believing every step OF the way,